Dear APECS members in the Netherlands, It's a rainy day and summer seems to be coming to an end. What an excellent opportunity to start thinking about the polar events coming up this winter! In particular, we want to remind you of the Dutch Polar Symposium on December 2nd in the Hague. The symposium will … Continue reading Calling early career researchers – Polar Symposium December 2nd
You're invited to the Arctic Strategy Seminar on September 18th! As a research project focused on reconstructing historical human impact in Svalbard, we know how important a careful balance of stakeholders’ interests is in the Arctic. We are looking forward to introducing participants to the complexity of Arctic resource negotiations by enacting the "SMARTIC" role-play … Continue reading Arctic Strategy Seminar – Sep. 18th
Thursday 2 December | 09.30 to 17.00Museon | Stadhouderslaan 37 | The Hague You are warmly invited to join the annual Polar Symposium. NPP-NWO, APECS Netherlands and the Dutch Arctic Circle (DAC) joined forces to once again present a day full of state-of-the-art polar science, relevant results, new developments and most of all networking opportunities. … Continue reading Save the Date: Dutch Polar Symposium 02-12-2021
The annual Winter School of the Arctic Centre at the University of Groningen is scheduled for January 24th-29th, 2022. The Winter School is aimed at (inter-) national civil servants and policy makers, politicians, managers, financial experts, (young) academics and PhD students. The programme consists of lectures, discussions and assignments and focuses on sustainable, multidisciplinary solutions … Continue reading Arctic Centre Winter School
Welcome to the APECS NL online gallery for the 12th annual Pole Symposium of the Netherlands Polar Programme. This gallery features the work of Early Career Scientists in Polar Science, as presented during the Pole Symposium on November 21st at NWO in the Hague. Participating posters: Rúna Magnússon Sjoerd Barten Elena Guk Lorenz Meire Goncalo … Continue reading Online Poster Gallery for the 12th Annual Pole Symposium
Thursday 21st November | 09.00 to 18.00 NWO Headquarters | Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indië 300 | The Hague You are warmly invited to join the 12th annual Pole Symposium. NWO Polar Programme and APECS Netherlands are once again able to present a day full of state-of-the-art polar science,relevant results and networking opportunities. This year’s symposium … Continue reading Save the Date – 12th Annual Pole Symposium
The APECS entities of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg have, after some skype sessions last fall, decided to team up to organize an international outreach project within the context of Antarctica Day for elementary school children. Antarctica Day is a tradition within APECS and usually revolves around outreach projects teaching young children about Antarctica (or, … Continue reading APECS Benelux teams up for Antarctica Day!
Dear APECS NL members, APECS NL would like to start to offer small scale informal outings to connect polar researchers and to socialize. Join us on Friday evening the 22nd to see board member Esther's new exhibition in TENT Rotterdam, followed by casual drinks. We hope to connect with many of you! We will meet … Continue reading APECS NL Informal Outing Friday June 22nd
On Saturday, March 10th, Linde van Bets, Rúna Magnússon and Hans Slagter of APECS NL visited the Pool tot Pool dag and represented APECS NL. The Pool tot Pool dag (Pole to Pole day) is an annual outreach event for enthusiasts of polar regions at the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, where scientists, artists … Continue reading APECS NL at the Pool tot Pool dag 2018
In the fall of 2016 the national APECS committees of the Netherlands and Belgium joined efforts in organizing a shared symposium. Organizers of the symposium were Ariadna Szczybelski and Douwe Maat from the APECS NL board and Henrik Christiansen and Igor Stelmach Pessi from the APECS BE board. The symposium was held on the 2nd of … Continue reading Evaluation Report APECS Netherlands/ Belgium Symposium 2016!
